A Brief History of Monitoring (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 1 of 30)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/04/01/a-month-of-monitoring-part-1-of-30-a-brief-history-of-monitoring.aspxThis post is part 1 of a 30-part series about the Who is Active stored procedure. A new post will run each day during the month of April, 2011. After April all of these posts will be edited and combined into a single document to become the basis of theenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)re: A Brief History of Monitoring (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 1 of 30)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/04/01/a-month-of-monitoring-part-1-of-30-a-brief-history-of-monitoring.aspx#34550Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:30:55 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:34550Sean Shanny<p>As always informative and entertaining. &nbsp;I use your script a gazillion times a day and cannot imagine life without it.</p>
re: A Brief History of Monitoring (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 1 of 30)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/04/01/a-month-of-monitoring-part-1-of-30-a-brief-history-of-monitoring.aspx#34553Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:22:20 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:34553DaniSQL<p>Thanks for your work. I use your script all the time but i know it can do a lot more and I cant wait to read all the series...I even asked you on twitter for help months ago regarding documentation. </p>
re: A Brief History of Monitoring (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 1 of 30)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/04/01/a-month-of-monitoring-part-1-of-30-a-brief-history-of-monitoring.aspx#34554Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:44:50 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:34554Ken Trock<p>I have the script and am looking forward to this series.</p>
Who is Active: Design Philosophy (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 2 of 30)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/04/01/a-month-of-monitoring-part-1-of-30-a-brief-history-of-monitoring.aspx#34585Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:58:46 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:34585Adam Machanic<p>This post is part 2 of a 30-part series about the Who is Active stored procedure. A new post will run</p>
re: A Brief History of Monitoring (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 1 of 30)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/04/01/a-month-of-monitoring-part-1-of-30-a-brief-history-of-monitoring.aspx#34594Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:38:19 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:34594aspiringgeek<p>Beautiful! &nbsp;Can't wait for more!</p>
re: A Brief History of Monitoring (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 1 of 30)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/04/01/a-month-of-monitoring-part-1-of-30-a-brief-history-of-monitoring.aspx#34942Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:03:14 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:34942fase hf<p>well, you are trying</p>
re: A Brief History of Monitoring (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 1 of 30)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/04/01/a-month-of-monitoring-part-1-of-30-a-brief-history-of-monitoring.aspx#34943Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:05:42 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:34943monitor<p>try some more</p>
Active Request, Sleeping Session (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 8 of 30)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/04/01/a-month-of-monitoring-part-1-of-30-a-brief-history-of-monitoring.aspx#35052Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:40:29 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:35052Adam Machanic<p>This post is part 8 of a 30-part series about the Who is Active stored procedure. A new post will run</p>
Twenty Nine Days of Activity Monitoring (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 30 of 30)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/04/01/a-month-of-monitoring-part-1-of-30-a-brief-history-of-monitoring.aspx#35329Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:44:58 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:35329Adam Machanic<p>This post is part 30 of a 30-part series about the Who is Active stored procedure. A new post will run</p>
re: A Brief History of Monitoring (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 1 of 30)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/04/01/a-month-of-monitoring-part-1-of-30-a-brief-history-of-monitoring.aspx#50283Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:03:56 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:50283Richard<p>Was this 30-part series ever consolidated into documentation?</p>
re: A Brief History of Monitoring (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 1 of 30)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/04/01/a-month-of-monitoring-part-1-of-30-a-brief-history-of-monitoring.aspx#50293Sat, 27 Jul 2013 20:07:22 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:50293Adam Machanic<p>@Richard: Unfortunately, no. It's still on my potential to do list but I decided to focus my energy on something else in the meantime.</p>
re: A Brief History of Monitoring (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 1 of 30)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/04/01/a-month-of-monitoring-part-1-of-30-a-brief-history-of-monitoring.aspx#52639Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:00:58 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:52639Eva Arriaga<p>Hi Adam,</p>
<p>New to the SQL world.. learning SQL 2012.. I want to read all of the A Brief History of Monitoring, and to use your Script once I understand it..</p>
<p>I read part 1 here, but cannot find the rest.</p>
<p>Where is it?</p>
<p>thanks,</p>
<p>Eva</p>
re: A Brief History of Monitoring (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 1 of 30)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/04/01/a-month-of-monitoring-part-1-of-30-a-brief-history-of-monitoring.aspx#52640Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:11:42 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:52640Eva Arriaga<p>I found it.. thanks! &nbsp;Does your script works for SQL 2012?</p>
re: A Brief History of Monitoring (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 1 of 30)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/04/01/a-month-of-monitoring-part-1-of-30-a-brief-history-of-monitoring.aspx#52641Thu, 23 Jan 2014 01:56:39 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:52641Adam Machanic<p>@Eva </p>
<p>Yes, it works with all current versions of SQL Server 2005 and up.</p>
<p>--Adam</p>
re: A Brief History of Monitoring (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 1 of 30)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/04/01/a-month-of-monitoring-part-1-of-30-a-brief-history-of-monitoring.aspx#53837Wed, 07 May 2014 17:05:49 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:53837Kumar Duvvuri <p>Does the Script works with SQL Server 2014 </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
re: A Brief History of Monitoring (A Month of Activity Monitoring, Part 1 of 30)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/04/01/a-month-of-monitoring-part-1-of-30-a-brief-history-of-monitoring.aspx#54976Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:49:04 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:54976Mike<p>This single best free tool on the market for SQL Server DBAs. Thanks Adam. I use it every single day. </p>